Mumviri dialect

Kamkata-vari dialect of Afghanistan
Mumviri
Native toAfghanistan
Regionbasin of eastern Nuristan
Native speakers
(perhaps 1,500 cited 1998)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Nuristani
      • Northern
        • Kamkata-vari
          • Mumviri
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologmumv1239
Linguasphere58-ACB-ac

Mumviri is a dialect of the Nuristani Kamkata-vari language, spoken by perhaps 1,500 of the Mumo people of Afghanistan. There are only slight differences to the Kata-vari, Mumviri has Kamviri phonetic features. The most used alternative name is Bashgali, which derive from Khowar.

Mumviri is spoken in the Mangul, Sasku and Gabalgrom in the Bashgal Valley.

References

  1. ^ Richard F. Strand

Sources

  • The Mumo. Retrieved July 10, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].

External links

  • Nuristan: Hidden Land of the Hindu Kush -Includes a lexicon of Kamviri and more information.
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